Flying boat.



C. R. MITCHELL.

FLYING BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED 1112.23, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

G. R. MITCHELL.

FLYING BOAT.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB.23, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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FLYING BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent. I -Pa,1 ;ented Oct, 10, 1911,.-

Applicatlon filed February 28, 1911. Serial No. 610,162.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residin at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying Boats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to air and water graft and may be properlytermed a flying oat. i The object of the invention is the provision of a device of the above character provided with supporting wheels by which it may be caused to travel uponthe land, with a propeller by which it may be forced through the water and with novel propulsion means by which it may be drlven through the air.

Further objects and advanta es of the invention will be set-forth in t e detailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. vehicle constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a view of the propelling and steering mechanisms, Fig. 3 is a detail erspective view of the rear fixed lane an the rear vertical rudder, Fig. 4 1s a detail perspective View of the main plane, and Fi 5 is a detail perspective view of the pivoted vertical plane.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates the hull of the boat preferably formed mainly of canvas or other light material. This boat is mounted upon wheels 6 and carries a motor 7 the sha t of which engine indicated at 8 has mounted thereon a pro eller 9 for the ropulsion of the boat throug the water. Standards 10 and guy wires 11 support a main curved plane 12 which extends longitudinally of the boat and overhangs the opposite ends thereof. Extending longitudinally of the vehicle are bars 13 which at their rear ends carry a fixed plane 14 and at their forward ends are connected to struts 15. j v

' At the juncture of'the bars 13 and struts 17 is pivoted at 18. The forward end of rod 17 is connected by a link 19 to the forwardfend of a tilting plane 20, said lane asolene engine or other '44 and 45.

being pivoted upon a transverse sha t 21.-

:The rear end of rod 17 is connected by a link 22 with the frontendof a rotative .shaft 23, the link 22 loosely encircling this shaft so as not to interfere with its rotation and said link being kept from undue endwise movement with relation to shaft 23 by collars 24. The shaft 23 passes through av yoke 25 and has a hand wheel 26' upon its rear end, this hand wheel being located adjacent the vdrivers seat 27.

As is best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,;the yoke 25 is pivoted in bearings 26 and the shaft 23carries within said yokea drum 28.

Steering cords 29 pass from .this drum over pulleys 30, .rearwardly to a vertically disposed and horizontally swinging rudder 31' which is pivoted at 32 upon the top of 'the fixed plane 14. A propeller 33 is mounted- 34'.

upon a longitudinally extending shaft; this shaft 34 being driven by a train of gearing 35 from the shaft of the motor 7.

Mounted upon transverse shafts 36 and 37" against the air. It is .of course understoodthat therewill be some air in the rear of the baflie plates but since there will be a partial vacuum created there, those ortions of the paddles above said baflle p ates will, have more resistance to act against than will the lower portions of the addles and consequently said paddles wil aid in driving the ship forward.

Thejshafts 36 and 37 are driven from the shaft 34 by means of crown and spur gears Itwill be apparent that the wheels 6 provide means for supporting the vehicle u n the land and that at this time the pro e ler 33 may be utilized to move the device orward.-

When in the water, the propeller 9 will serve to drive the vessel forward-and when in the air, the propeller 33, together with the paddles 38 and39, serves to 1m art forward movement to the vessel. t is apparent that by imparting rotation'to shaft 23 to thereby turn the drum 28, the rudder 31 may be controlled and that by imparting v bodily tilting to the shaft 23,1ipon the iv-.

.herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction which now follows but includes claim is i within its purview such changes as maybe made within the scope of the appended claims'f Having described my invention, what I 1. In a device of the character described,

I the combination with a passenger carrying body portion, of a fixed transversely curvedmain. plane rigidly secured to the body portion and of such size as to overlie all of said body portion, means for rigidly securing said main plane to said body portion, a longitudinally extending shaft located between the body (portion and the main plane, a motor locate ing said longitudinally extending shaft from said motor, a propeller-mounted upon item-a in the body portion, means for drivsaid shaft," a of transversely extending shafts locate one above each endJof the body portion, paddle members mounted upon saidtransversely extending shafts outside of the means for rigidly securing the main plane to the body portion, and 'forwardl inclined deflectors sup orted from said p ane and lyin beneath anfi in front of said transverse sha ts, said transverse shafts bein tending shaft.

2. In an airshi nation with a tilting lane, of a yoke spanning said plane, a rod a link connection between one end of sai rod and one end of said plane, a second yoke, means for pivotally, mountin said yoke, a shaft journaled in said secon yoke, a drum upon said shaft, a link connection between one end ofsaid shaft and one end of said rod, a horizontally swinging rudder, a cable mounted upon said drum and connected with said horizontally swinging rudder, and a hand wheel mounted upon said shaft, the connection between the last named link and the end of'said shaft being such as to permit rotation ofsaid shaft without actuating said link.

. In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. MITCHELL. Witnessesr I H. M. VOLLMER, G. U. FRY.

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